9 modules, from foundations to your own trading plan
A structured PDF you can work through at your own pace, with illustrative charts for every concept.
Module 0 · Welcome & Foundations
What swing trading is, the risks honestly, setting up your workspace, how the method fits together.
Module 1 · Market Structure & Candlesticks
Reading candles, higher highs/lows as a trend check, clean vs. messy swings, Daily/4H for the setup and 1H for the entry, support/resistance zones (wick to body), round numbers and flips.
Module 2 · Trendlines
Drawing rules, channels, breakouts and retests, false breakouts, pitfalls.
Module 3 · Fibonacci Ratios
Background, drawing retracements, the -27% and -61.8% extensions as targets, confluence.
Module 4 · EMAs
EMA vs SMA, 20/50/200 as trend filter, dynamic support, crossovers.
Module 5 · The Complete Setup Framework
Checklist, reversal-candle and 1H counter-swing triggers at the Fib level, no-chasing rule, the trendline break + retest setup (body close only), fixed trade management (TP1 at -27%, TP2 at -61.8%, minimum 1:2, stop to breakeven at the 0% level), worked examples including a losing trade.
Module 6 · Risk Management & Position Sizing
Risk per trade, position-sizing formula and worked example, expectancy, correlated pairs and combined risk, placing orders and alerts.
Module 7 · Psychology & Discipline
FOMO, revenge trading, overtrading; writing your trading plan.
Module 8 · Journaling, Evaluation & Next Steps
Journaling (screenshots, checklist score, rules followed, result in R), weekly review, backtesting and paper trading.
Appendix · Appendix
Setup checklist, trading plan template, trade journal template, glossary.
All charts in the guide are generated from synthetic data and labelled "illustrative example, not real market data".